Plasmo Extension-tool for building browser extensions.

Example

While developing a Chrome extension that provides real-time weather updates, the developer can instantly see the changes they make in the UI without needing to reload the entire extension manually. This allows for rapid iteration and testing of new features or designs.

Scenario

A frontend developer working on a complex browser extension that requires constant UI updates will benefit from hot-reloading. It speeds up the workflow and eliminates the time-consuming process of rebuilding and manually reloading the extension after each change.

Example

Developers can build an extension popup using TypeScript for strict type-checking and React for component-based architecture. For example, an extension popup that provides detailed cryptocurrency price tracking can be implemented using reusable React components and ensures type safety with TypeScript, making the codebase more maintainable and scalable.

Scenario

An engineering team working on a browser extension to monitor financial data in real time will benefit from TypeScript’s type safety, which reduces runtime errors, and React’s component-based development, which allows for more maintainable and scalable code.

Example

A developer creating a browser extension that modifies the appearance of a website’s CSS dynamically can use Plasmo’s automatic content script handling. The framework manages the injection of the content script into the page, saving the developer from manually configuring the web_accessible_resources and script injection setup.

Scenario

When building a dark-mode toggle extension that needs to inject custom CSS on any webpage, Plasmo automatically handles the background script communication and content script injection, simplifying the developer’s workflow.